Roy Williams

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Virginia on Sunday will receive its third NCAA basketball tournament bid in the last four years, and with only one scholarship senior and many reinforcements en route, Tony Bennett appears poised to establish his program as a March staple. Buzz Williams, on the job a year at Virginia Tech, coached Marquette to five consecutive NCAA appearances from 2009-13, a streak that included the Golden Eagles reaching the Sweet 16 twice and Elite Eight once. But what Williams accomplished at Marquette, and aspires to at Virginia Tech, and what Bennett may well attain at U.Va., is harder than defending Jahlil Okafor in the low post — especially in the ACC. Just view...

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